ABU DHABI, twenty fifth August, 2022 (WAM) — Etihad Airways has dedicated to adopting a mangrove tree on behalf of each visitor who books an Economic system Area seat, making certain each “area” seat bought is ultimately carbon impartial.
The announcement follows the launch of the Etihad Forest, Etihad’s initiative for biodiversity, wildlife and environmental safety by a community of mangrove and different forests being established in Abu Dhabi and worldwide,
Launched in February 2022, the Etihad Mangrove Forest goals to plant 182,000 mangroves by the primary quarter of 2023 in Abu Dhabi, earlier than the subsequent part of the programme to plant new forests in worldwide locations. Mangroves take away as much as 4 instances extra carbon dioxide from the air than different tropical forests, serving to to struggle the consequences of local weather change resembling coral bleaching and shoreline degradation, and supporting biodiversity and wildlife as an important habitat for fish, birds and different wildlife.
Via the initiative, Etihad will plant one mangrove tree in places in Abu Dhabi for every economic system area seat bought on any Etihad Airways flight. Every mangrove planted alone will take up as much as 250kg of CO2 in its lifetime – the identical quantity produced by an eight-hour flight.
Mariam Al Qubaisi, Head of Sustainability, Etihad Aviation Group, stated, “Along with our sustainability ambitions, we made a dedication to serving to our visitors and companions journey extra sustainably and empower them to make acutely aware selections. With the most recent evolution of our sustainability programme, we’re simplifying the method, so anybody can journey sustainably.”
Each visitor who books an Economic system Area Seat will obtain affirmation of their gifted mangrove within the Etihad Forest inside ten days of flying. From the e-mail hyperlink, visitors can monitor, just about go to, and see photographs and different particulars of their tree, confirming the carbon offset for his or her latest journey.
Company have the choice to register their claimed tree to allow them to simply revisit their tree at a later day. Via the platform’s app, Etihad visitors can “chat” with their chatbot-enabled tree, whereas additionally with the ability to monitor each tree with satellite tv for pc maps and entry information, together with CO2 consumption metrics, which will be tracked.
Economic system Area presents beneficiant legroom and more room to chill out. It’s out there solely on Etihad-operated flights, and visitors can reserve a seat in Economic system Area whereas reserving their ticket or at any time till test in.
Economic system Area will be booked at etihad.com underneath “Handle my reserving” when checking in on-line or on the airport. Etihad Visitor Platinum members can reserve a seat in Economic system Area free of charge or save 50% as an Etihad Visitor Gold member.
Company in different cabins may participate within the Etihad Forest initiative utilizing Etihad Visitor Miles within the Reward Store, whereas a spread of extra choices are provided to satisfy company associate necessities and supply bundled-offset choices by the Company Acutely aware Selections programme.
According to the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Programme by the Surroundings Company Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Mangrove Forest is the fruits of a number of joint programmes between Etihad, Surroundings Company Abu Dhabi, Jubail Island, The Storey Group and different companions to assist mangrove conservation tasks within the nation and develop new carbon sinks and pure sources to take away carbon from the ambiance following our precept “Abu Dhabi for the World.”